Whose Child? : An Adoptee's Healing Journey from Relinquishment through Reunion ... and Beyond

by Kasey Hamner

This novel is an account of one adoptee's life story written for members of the adoption community, helping professionals, or anyone touched by adoption. It spans from relinquishment through reunion to help the reader develop a better understanding of the lifelong emotional aspects of adoption and reunion.

Genres: Adoption

308 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2000

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this an interesting book, though I feel the author's sense of her life being disrupted primarily by adoption is a bit misplaced. Her adoption certainly had powerful impact on her life, but her sense of not feeling loved or as if she belonged in her adoptive family seems to have been more from her mother's abusive and dismissive actions and attitudes and her older brother's ongoing molestation of her.

Still, an interesting look at an adoptee who was found by her birthfamily and whose aunts and grandparents in her adoptive family seem to be most interested in a relationship with her.

[Rhonda Rae Baker · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story had great potential to bring healing to the reader however the writing was telling and not showing, which left me skimming the surface and never connecting to the narrator's voice. I learned some things and might have more to dig out because several pages were dog-earred...so we shall see.

I really wanted to give this at least four stars and anxiously read through the pages. Being an adoptee, there isn't a story of this type that I will not wade through in order to hear what someone else has to say about what happened to them. I found the writing repeative and shallow. If I weren't an adoptee, the story wouldn't have held my interest and the introduction told everything. The last chapter gave concluding remarks which repeated more of what was already said.

Informative and important but not moving...sorry Kasey!